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How Preclearance Rewired American Politics

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In this episode, we explore how preclearance rewired american politics. So in 1964, which is a full century after the end of the Civil War, The black voter registration rate in the state of Mississippi, it was a dismal 6 .7%. Just incredibly low. Right. But then just five years later, that number had skyrocketed to 66 .5%. Yeah, which is just, it's staggering. It really is. Now that is not just a policy success. That is a full blown political earthquake. So welcome to today's Deep Dive. Glad to be here. We are looking at a massive stack of sources today. I mean, everything from constitutional law reviews, historical department. of justice records, down to some recent, really deeply divided Supreme Court dissents. It's a heavy stack for sure. It is. And our mission, we want to take a comprehensive look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965. And for you li ... 
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